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PILLOW 0R BOLSTER.

No. 243,868. Patented July 5, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. DOREMUS, OF NEW YORK, Y.

PILLOW OR BOLSTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,868, dated July 5,1881.

Application filed June 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM T. DOREMUS, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Pillows andBolsters, of which the following is a specification.

The drawing is a perspective view of my improvement, the case beingshown in section and part of the cloth being broken away.

The object of this invention is to prevent. the stufling of pillows andbolsters from being crowded out of place when the said pillows andbolsters are in use.

The invention consists in a pillow or bolster made by rolling a thincushion formed of a layer of stuffing and one or two layers of clothspirally into cylindrical shape, whereby the stuflin g is kept frombeing crowded out of place by use, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

A represents the tick or cloth, B the stuffing, and O the case, of apillow or bolster.

The tick or cloth A is made in the form of a thin bag, provided with athin layer of studing, B. The thin cushion thus formed is then rolledspirally into a cylindrical form, as shown in the drawing, and the outeredge of the rolled cushion is secured to the body of the cushion bysewing or other suitable means. This construction is used when feathersor other substances that move easily out of place are used for thestuffing B.

The pillows or bolsters can be made by spreading a layer of hair, moss,cotton, or other suitable substance upon a sheet of cloth of the propersize, and then rolling the stuffing and cloth spirally into acylindrical form and securing the edge of the cloth to its body bysewing or other suitable means. This construction, when practicable, ispreferred to the construction first described, from the fact that itdoes not bring two layers or thicknesses of cloth in contact with eachother, as is the case with the construction first described.

The ends of the pillow or bolster can be secured and the stufling keptfrom working out at the ends of the said pillow or bolster by sewing acircular piece of cloth to the said ends.

The pillow or bolster thus formed is placed within a case,'(], which canbe slipped on and off in the same manner as an ordinary pillowcase.

With this construction the cushion can be made long to serve as abolster, or short to serve as a pillow for a bed, lounge, sofa, or otherarticle of furniture where a pillow is required, or for a cushion for achair or other seat.

As pillows and bolsters are usually made, a pressure upon one part ofthe pillow or bolster crowds the stuffing toward the ends, leaving thepart of the pillow or bolster that is in use thin and inelastic. \Vithmy improvement this displacement of the stufifing cannot occur, but thepart of the pillow or bolster that is in use will retain its properamount of stuffing in the place where it is needed, so that the partunder pressure will remain full and elastic.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to securebyLetters Patent- As an improved article of manufacture, a pillow orbolster made by rolling a thin cushion formed ofa layer of stuffing, B,and one or two layers of cloth, A, spirally into cylindrical shape,substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the stuffing iskept from being crowded out of place by use, as set forth.

WILLIAM T. DOREMUS. Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGWIOK.

